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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1908
Page
6
A slight tremor at 7 30 pm creates panic in Palermo amid Messina devastation. Refugees flood trains and squares as救 urgent aid and food are demanded. a torpedo boat aiding Kegio reports only ruins.
Cantania reports refugees recount the Messina earthquake and tsunami horrors. Survivors describe flattened city halls and cathedrals, ruined rail stations, and thousands missing or displaced amid rain and rubble.
Looters and robbers were shot dead by rifles of the soldiers, a stark scene reported as authorities acted to suppress lawlessness. The incident underscores a harsh security response during unrest.
Reports from Palermo describe the Messina straits twist in shape after the quake. Villages along the straits including Reggio San Giovanni Silla Cannitello lie in ruins and many dead trapped beneath wreckage. A survivor named Francesco Lojacono jumped overboard seeking his family after being rescued by the steamer Washington.
An officer on the torpedo boat Sappho describes the quake at Messina harbor as a violent sea upheaval with a tidal wave washing the bay and wreckage. Eight sailors aided rescues as Italian and British steamers helped, while escapes and looting followed.
Reports describe half the population of Messina perishing as a colossal wave sweeps the city. The Sappho and Trinacria hotel area along the sea front is leveled with debris and flames. Sailors from the Sanpho aid in rescue amid numerous dead and injured.
Rome reports harrowing scenes from the Messina disaster. Rescue work lasted thirty hours as hundreds were trapped under Wells and rafters, five children clung to their dead mother. Six looters killed trying to raid a Sicilian bank. crews saved others with rope from upper floors. The king of Italy and President Roosevelt exchange sympathy.
An official dispatch confirms American consul Arthur S. Cheney and his wife were killed when the Messina earthquake struck yesterday. Stuart Lupton, the newly arrived vice consul, is believed to have escaped. A British warship has been sent to Messina to aid in rescue efforts.
Rome reports a vast national mourning as Calabria and Sicily suffer a massive earthquake disaster. Messina is destroyed by flames and collapse, with thousands killed and many trapped, reflecting Italy's centuries of seismic peril.
Mason City Iowa December 30 Northern Iowa reels from the murder of Martin McNamara by his son Edward McNamara The father planned to wed Miss Kate Coran and the son shot him with five bullets then attempted suicide with chloroform He survived and confessed saying he did not want another woman to gain his mother's property He remains jailed.
Local residents question J Hayes secretarial role and Muscatine’s fight center status. A Dowagiac visitor offers Shiner k as the opponent for a January bout at 133 pounds, amid broader intrigue about an upcoming organized pugilism presence in the city.
Chicago markets show wheat and corn ranges with May and December contracts. Cattle and hogs steady to lower as receipts compile. live stock and grain prices listed for wheat corn oats lard ribs and cash grain.
The Hershey State Bank began operations in its newly completed quarters in the Hershey Building after moving last night. Although installation work isn’t finished, today’s arrangements allow business to proceed normally. The issue also lists market quotes for commodities, livestock, produce, and various local fraternal and civic notices.
A December calendar page from the German American Savings Bank urges starting a savings account for children. It demonstrates how small regular deposits grow to amounts by ages 21 and after 5 10 15 and 20 years. The piece encourages opening the account before January 5 as a smart New Year resolution.
New York December 30 Butter firm on steady receipts 4700 held creamery 23 to 30 cents. Eggs steady and unchanged with receipts 5500. Cattle and poultry notes show firm prices for fowls including chickens and turkeys with varying percent ranges.
New York grain prices on December 30 show May wheat at 1 12 and corn at 68 5.
St. Louis grain prices on December 30 show Wheat May at 1.08 1/8 dollars, Corn at 60 1/2 cents, and Oats at 50 1/2 cents. Market notes indicate active trading and price levels for the coming season.
Peoria notes corn No. 57 percent cen ts market close on December 30 with prices listed for buyers and sellers.
Mason ic Lodge No 2 A M and A M holds regular meetings first Tuesday monthly. Webb Council of Royal and Select Masters meets third Thursday monthly. Molay Commandery No 1 K T regular conclave the third Wednesday monthly.
I O R M Musquitine Tribe No 95 meets Thursday at 8 pm in a communal hall. Visiting chiefs are invited to attend. Daniel Borgstedt Sachem Lester Smith C of &
Fraternal Ald Association Bloomington Council 175 meets Fridays at H F Bodman’s Grocery corner Second and Chestnut streets. Romona Council 52 meets on the 61st and third Fridays at Maccabee Hall with Isabel Norton Luella Beil and A A Stark serving in roles. Muscatine Camp 106 Monern Woodmen of America holds weekly Tuesday meetings at Woodmen hall with J C Coster as Consul and J A Leyda as Clerk.
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